جرجير

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic גַּרְגִּירָא / ܓܲܪܓܝܼܪܵܐ (gargīrā, “rocket”), from Akkadian 𒂊𒁶𒄀𒊒 (/⁠girgirû⁠/).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒir.d͡ʒiːr/

Noun

جِرْجِير • (jirjīr) m

  1. arugula, rocket (Eruca gen. et spp.)
  2. watercress

Declension
Declension of noun جِرْجِير (jirjīr)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جِرْجِير
jirjīr		 الْجِرْجِير
al-jirjīr		 جِرْجِير
jirjīr
Nominative جِرْجِيرٌ
jirjīrun		 الْجِرْجِيرُ
al-jirjīru		 جِرْجِيرُ
jirjīru
Accusative جِرْجِيرًا
jirjīran		 الْجِرْجِيرَ
al-jirjīra		 جِرْجِيرَ
jirjīra
Genitive جِرْجِيرٍ
jirjīrin		 الْجِرْجِيرِ
al-jirjīri		 جِرْجِيرِ
jirjīri

References
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 491–493
  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 302
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, pages 298a–b
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 56

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جِرْجِير (jirjīr).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒar.d͡ʒiːr/

Noun

جرجير • (jarjīr) m

  1. arugula, rocket (Eruca gen. et spp.)
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